{"product_id":"book-edvh","title":"Boring Meetings Suck","description":" Author Jon  Petz, a former corporate executive and current corporate  entertainer who has keynoted meetings for groups ranging from  Wal-Mart to IBM, dares to address the boring elephant in the room:  where most of the millions of meetings held in the U.S. every day  are an unforgiveable waste of time and talent. Whats worse,  many of the books, blogs, and articles on the subject are as boring  as the meetings themselves. In  Boring Meetings Suck, Petz focuses on how attendees can take  charge of meetings that have become a waste of time and talent.  Most books on meetings focus only on the person responsible for  planning and hosting the meeting, but Boring Meetings Suck  dares to admit what other authors avoid. Only when attendees are  empowered to diplomatically speak up and get meetings back on track  will everyone benefit, instead of suffering in silence as an  ineffective chair or host loses control of their  proceedings. It offers dozens of  SRDs  Suckification Reduction Devices  to help  you make your next meeting efficient (get things done right) and  effective (get the right things done). It also  introduces a contrarian notion that meeting hosts should capitalize  on technology use during meetings versus curtail it. Instead of  telling people to turn OFF their digital devices, this book  suggests participants use these devices for instant crowd sourcing,  rapid dissemination of information to those affected by the  decisions and innovative note taking so important information is  not lost.  ","brand":"Ascent Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49372203516208,"sku":"BDedvh","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49372203548976,"sku":"ZEedvh","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49372203581744,"sku":"ZMedvh","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/edvh-cover.jpg?v=1763098370","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-edvh","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}